Arts and Leisure
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3.9KWhen Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Honeymooned (and Partied) in Westport, Conn.
In 1920, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald honeymooned in Westport, Conn., so he could write, she could swim and they could both party...
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2.1KA Green Mountain Boy Stars in an 1839 Romance Novel, Heaving Bosoms and All
Green Mountain Boy Seth Warner might have been a forgotten Revolutionary War hero had he not appeared in an 1839 romance novel....
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2.3KSix More Artist Homes In New England
The creative spirit that moves people to sculpt and paint also tends to inspire an interesting artist home. Lucrative commissions in the...
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3.4K1Six Beautiful Buildings Designed by Asher Benjamin
Asher Benjamin, a young country housewright, published a book in 1797 that is responsible for the way much of early New England...
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1.8KFrank Grant Fights Baseball’s Color Line and High Spikes
After Frank Grant lost his battle to play on integrated baseball teams, almost 50 years would go by before Jackie Robinson reintegrated...
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4.1K2Grizzly Adams, Boston Shoemaker, Driven to the Mountains by Lawyers
Grizzly Adams might have gone down as a minor legend in the wilds of California had a fatal injury not taken him...
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3.5KNorman Mailer Pans the Jackie Kennedy White House Tour
Three out of every four Americans watched the Jackie Kennedy White House tour on television on Feb. 14, 1962. During the broadcast,...
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4.2K2Six Historic Buildings With a Clerestory
Ever since visiting the Henry Knox Museum in Thomaston, Maine, we at the New England Historical Society have grown fascinated with clerestory...
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5.0K4Six Mid-Century Modern Homes
Though the quintessential New England house is usually considered a white clapboard farmhouse or Cape, we actually have quite a few mid-century...
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